Handle for covers for vessels.



No; 629,793. Patented Aug. I, I899. 0. KL'OTZ.

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HANDLE FOR COVE-Rs FOR \TITE'SSELS.

siencrricn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,793,

dated August 1, 1899.

Application and December 7,1898. Serial Nd. 698,589. on model-3,

cation.

" My invention relates to acover for culinary utensils, such as saucepans and the like; and its object is to provide a cover controllable at the extreme end of the handle of the saucepan, whereby the cover may be held in place while manipulating the saucepan-as,for instance, in pouring 0d the liquor from solids.

which have been cooking, leaving the solids undisturbed-and whereby the cover may be readily removed when desired, all without the necessity of touching the cover directly. A

Generally speaking, my invention comprises a cover or lid adapted to fit the top of the saucepan, said cover havinga handle extending substantially radially therefromand havin g at its outer end a narrow tongue adapted to be run through and engagewith a hole provided in the endof the handle tothe saucepan. The tongue above referred to is preferably bent or'buckled to engage the sauce-- pan-handle more closely and to permit the two handlesto lie closely together, one resting along the top of the other. The end of the tongue is preferably extended some little 2 distance beyond the end of the saucepan handle, so. that the cover may be easily mas.

nipulated by grasping the projecting extreme end of said tongue in an obvious manner.

My invention will be moreparticularly described byreference to the accompanying drawings, whereind I Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe cover of my invention applied to asaucepan and illustratingthemanner in which itmay be manipulated from theend of the handle of the latter. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the cover in place. Similar letters of reference are used to designate thesame parts in both figures.

An ordinary saucepan a is illustrated, having, as is usual, a hole a in the end of the handle thereof. licrctofore the handles of saucepans have been'provided with such holes merely for convenience in hanging the saucepans upon a nail or hook, and it is an espethe user,

cial advantage of the cover of myinvention that it may be applied to ordinary saucepans without modification of the latter in any way. A handle 0 is attached to the lid b and extends substantially radially thereform, being preferably shaped, as illustrated, to lie along the'top otthe saucepan-handle.

The end of the cover-handle'is cut away to form a narrow tongue (1, which may be readily passed through the'hole in the handle to the saucepan, and this tongue is bent or buckled at d to engage the latter more closely and to permit the two handles to lie snugly together, so that both may easily begrasped at the same time when it is desired to. manipulate the saucepan and at the same time to maintain the cover in place. The extreme end 41* of the tongue d, which projects beyond the end of the saucepan-handle, may be grasped by the fingers of the user in an obvious mantongue and handle thus serving as a lever fulcrumed at the bent or buckled portion d,

which engages the hole in the saucepan-handler For convenience a hole e may be provided in the extreme end of the tongue,

whereby the pan and cover may be hung up together.

Itwillbe appreciated that the above eotstruction permits the saucepan and cover to be manipulated together with ease inalmost any desired manner without the necessity of .touching the cover directly, thus obviating the danger of burningor soiling the hands of g and the cover may as easily be instantly detached from the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is I 1. The combination with a vessel provided with a handle having a hole at the end thereof, of a cover'for said vessel havinga handle extending outwardly therefrom alongthe top.

of the vessel-handlathe outer endof said cover handle being forme'd into ya narrow tongue adapted to pass through the .said'hole,

said tongue being bent or. buckled where'it normally passes through the hole, whereby the cover and vessel are detachably held to.- gether, substantially as described.

2-. The combination with a vessel provided .ner. to remove or manipulate the cover, the

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with a handle having a hole attheend thercof, of a cover for said vessel having a handle extending outwardly therefrom along the top of the vessel-handle, the outer end of said cover-handle being formed into a narrow tongue adapted to pass through the said hole, said tongue being bent or buckled Where it passes through the hole and extending outwardly beyond the end of the vessel-handle, whereby the cover may be adjusted relatively to the vessel by grasping and manipulating the projecting end of said tongue, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a vessel provided with a handle having a hole in the outer end thereof, of a cover having a handle extending outwardly therefrom along the top of the vessel-handle and having its outer end shaped to form 'a narrow tongue adapted to pass through, and engage with, the hole in the vessel-handle, whereby the vessel and cover 20 I OTTO KLOTZ.

\Vitnesses:

SOPHIA GREENE, GUSTAV H. KLOTZ. 

